Means for supporting members of stalls and the like.



H. L. PERRIS.

MEANS FOR SUPPORTING MEMBERS OF STALLS AND THE LIKE.

APPLICATION FILED PEB.16\1914 Patented Jan. 12. 1915.

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HENRY, L. FER-IBIS, or HARVARD, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR 'ro HUNT, HELM, FEBRIS &

COMPANY, OF HARVARD, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF nnmors.

MEANS FOR SUPPORTING MEMBERS or STALLS .AND THE: LIKE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

1 Application filed February 16, 1914.- Serial No. 818,950.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY L. FERRIS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Harvard, in the county of McHenry and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Means for Supporting Members of'Stalls and the like, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in means forsupporting' members of stalls and the like, and is fully described and explained in the specification and shown in the accompanying drawings, in which.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a stall embodying my invention; Fig. 2 is a section through the socket, showing the post in elevation; Fig. 3, is a section on the line 3 ofv Fig. 2; Fig. 4 is an underp-lan of the collar, and Fig. 5 is a section on the line 5 of Fig. 2.

Referring to thedrawings, 6 is a socket which is set in the concrete of the barn-floor with: its upper surface flush therewith. These sockets can-be set in place in the floor inany desired number when the barn is it is desired to erect'any given stall or cattlepen therein, the socket thus set up .can be used. Each socket has, at its? upper end,

radial extensions .7, at the upper edges of which are inturn ed flanges 8. By this construction bolts 9 may be held in the extension 7, their heads underlying the flanges 8', as shown in Fig. 5. The bolts are, of course placed in position while the socket is empty and moved outward radially into the extension to clear the central opening.

10 is the post tobe supported, which is or may be ofordinary piping, differing in no essential respectfrom posts commonly used in said constructions, except for the fact thatatra'nsverse pin 11 is provided at a point just above the floor level when the post is set in the socket. It is to be noted that the lower end of the socket is slightly tapered to engage the lower end of the post and center the-same, and also to the .end that a tight jamming fit may be secured, as hereinafter described. v

12 is a collar-which surrounds the post and is provided with radial extensions 13 following claims, in whic The radial extensions13 of the collar are also perforated for the passage of the bolts 9. i

' The operation I of the structure will be. readily apparent from the description-of its construction. The collar is placed on the Patented Jan. 12,1915.

post, the pin is" inserted in the holes in the post provided to receive it, the bolts 9 are placed in the socket, and the post is then pushed down into it, .thecollar perforations passing over the bolts and. the collar then being forcibly drawn down by screwing nuts onto the bolts. By-this means, the post is given a very tight jamming fit in the tapered lower end of the socket, so that a very firm support is obtained. It will be noted, however, that the structure is such that no nice machine work is necessary,'and the post is placed in the support as firm as if the part were accurately machinedto fit.

I realize' that considerable variation is possible'inthe details of the construction herein shown, and Ido not intend to limit myself thereto, except as ointed out in "the it is my intention'to claim all the novelty inherent inthe device as broadly as is permitted by the state oftheart..

NVhat I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. In a device ofthe class described, a

socket, radial projections 'on thesocket pro vided'with overhanging flangesto receive and retain bolt-heads, a post adapted'to fit thesocket,'the lower part of the socket be mg slightly tapered to admit a jamming fit withithe post as it enters, a collar on the post having radial projections grooved on, their under surfaces and perforated to re c'eive the bolts carriedby the socket pr0jec-- and a transverse. pin extendingthrough the'post to fit the grooved projec- "tions on the collar, for the purpose set forth.

tions,

2. In a device of the' -lass described, a

I post, a socket to receive the postgradial projections-on said socket provided vith overhanging flanges to engage bolt-heads acollar on the post having a flange adapted to beengaged by the bolts in said projections, and proj ections on the poststdbe engaged by said collar to force the post into the socket.

3. In a device of the class; described, a socket, radial projections on the-"socket provided with overhanging flanges to,,reeeive and retain bolt-heads, a post adapted to fit Q I I 1,124,118

' the socket, a; collar on the post having radial In testimony whereof I have hereunto set PI'OJeCtiOhS groovedon their under sides and my hand this 4th day of February, 1914. perforated to receive the bolts carried by i the socket projections, and a transverse pin .HENRY FERRIS' 5 extending through the post to fit the pro- Inpresence oftwosubscribing witnesses:

jections on the co11ar,'for the purpose set WM. A. MUELLER, forth. I A. LEADBI'I'TER. 

